Re: Ashamed of [T]? (fy: /T/ -> /t_d/?)

On Tue, 9 Nov 2004 18:56:04 +0000, Simon Richard Clarkstone
<s.r.clarkstone@...> wrote:
> ---------------------- Information from the mail header -----------------------
> Sender:       Constructed Languages List <CONLANG@...>
> Poster:       Simon Richard Clarkstone <s.r.clarkstone@...>
> Subject:      Re: Ashamed of [T]? (fy: /T/ -> /t_d/?)
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Pascal A. Kramm wrote:
> > "Hacking cough"? O_o Now that's something I haven't ever heard.
> > That's clearly even far worse than just "disgusting" >_<
> I can understand [O_o] (extra-rounded open-mid back vowel), but what has
> it got to do with a "hacking cough"?  And what is [>_<]?  Some form of
> implosive?  If you meant [>\_>] (ejective epiglottal plosive), then that
> *is* a good rendition of a "Hacking cough".
> --
> Simon Richard Clarkstone
> s.r.cl*rkst*n*@durham.ac.uk / s*m*n_cl*rkst*n*@hotmail.com
>

_Please_ read back in the thread. I mentioned that a lot of people who
dislike the German |ch| find it unpleasant and likened to a hacking
cough. However I should've revised that since I was actually thinking
of someone clearing their throat, actually.But let's not argue over
the quality of |ch|, the point was the perception of the sound as
unpleasant, and not disgusting.



--
You can turn away from me
but there's nothing that'll keep me here you know
And you'll never be the city guy
Any more than I'll be hosting The Scooby Show

Scooby Show - Belle and Sebastian